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Korle Meets the Sea: A Sociolinguistic History of Accra
Dakubu, M. E. Kropp (Professor of Linguistics, Director of Language Centre, Professor of Linguistics, Director of Language Centre, University of Ghana, Legon)
Korle Meets the Sea: A Sociolinguistic History of Accra
Dakubu, M. E. Kropp (Professor of Linguistics, Director of Language Centre, Professor of Linguistics, Director of Language Centre, University of Ghana, Legon)
For centuries, Accra, the capital of Ghana, has been a linguistic anomaly that contains 44 indigenous languages, of which most members of its population speak at least two, Using linguistic, historical, and ethnographic techniques, Dakubu explores the origins and durability of this multilingualism and how it has affected Ghanaian society.
234 pages, line figures, maps, tables
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | July 10, 1997 |
ISBN13 | 9780195060614 |
Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
Pages | 240 |
Dimensions | 159 × 241 × 19 mm · 475 g |